THE SERIES:
Washington and Lee and Sewanee will be meeting for the 59th time,
with the Generals holding a 36-22 advantage in the all-time
series. W&L has won five-straight in the series,
including a 31-13 victory last season at Wilson Field. The
series has twice seen a five-game winning streak for one of the
teams, as W&L also carried a five-game streak between
1998-2002. In fact, if not for a 37-13 Tigers’ win in
2003, W&L would be carrying an 11-game winning streak into this
week’s battle. To take things a step further, W&L is 13-2
in the last 15 games between the two teams. The home team has
enjoyed tremendous success in the history of the series, but
despite the Tigers holding a 17-11 advantage against the Generals
at McGee Field, W&L has won five of the last seven games played
between the two teams on the mountain in Sewanee, Tenn.

HEAD COACH FRANK MIRIELLO:
Frank Miriello (East Stroudsburg ‘67) is in his 16th season
as the head coach at W&L and his 43rd year of coaching.
He has led W&L to 10 non-losing campaigns, including the 2006
season when W&L went 7-4 overall, won the ODAC title and
advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program
history. Miriello is currently just one win away from tying
his mentor, Gary Fallon (1978-94), as the winningest coach in
program history. Since taking over following Fallon’s
death in the spring of 1995, Miriello is 75-74-1 (.503)
overall. Fallon was enshrined in the W&L Athletic Hall of
Fame after notching a 76-85-1 (.472) record over 17 seasons.

SEWANEE HEAD COACH ROBERT BLACK:
Sewanee is led by fourth-year Head Coach Robert Black (Sewanee
‘89), who has posted a 4-25 (.138) record with the
Tigers. Black was the 1989 Sewanee Athlete of the Year as a
member of the football and baseball teams and he served as
Sewanee’s head baseball coach and as assistant football coach
from 1990-96.

W&L’S ALL-TIME RECORD:
Washington and Lee has played 1,003 games in the entire history of
the program, compiling a 462-502-39 (.481) overall record.
Only five other schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia have played
more games than W&L, which played the first intercollegiate
football game in the South, an 1873 matchup with neighboring
VMI.

W&L’S LAST OUTING:(Franklin & Marshall 35, W&L 7 • 9/4/10
• Lancaster, Pa.)
Franklin & Marshall racked up 406 yards of total offense and
forced four W&L turnovers in posting a 35-7 victory over the
Generals at Sponaugle-Williamson Field. The Diplomats opened the
scoring just 4:16 into the game when junior running back John
Kaschak capped a 7-play, 79-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown
run. A kickoff and two plays later, W&L junior
quarterback Charlie Westfal fumbled in the Generals’
backfield and F&M senior linebacker Shane Gray scooped up the
ball and scampered 25 yards to give the Diplomats a 14-0 lead just
4:59 into the contest. F&M added a 28-yard field goal by
first-year kicker Chris Bennett with 45 seconds remaining in the
opening quarter to push its lead to 17-0. The Diplomats then
tallied two more touchdowns in the second quarter, including an
18-yard strike from junior quarterback John Harrison to senior
wide-out Jay Ridinger with nine seconds remaining in the first
half, for a 29-0 lead at the break. W&L dented the scoreboard
with 10:29 remaining in the game, when junior running back Harrison
Hudson ended an 8-play, 63-yard scoring drive with a 4-yard
touchdown run to make it 35-7. The Generals managed just 207 yards
of total offense led by Hudson, who rushed seven times for 31 yards
and one touchdown and caught one pass for 27 yards. Westfal
finished 3-of-10 passing for 58 yards with one interception and
rushed nine times for 23 yards. Sophomore linebacker Jesse
Jenkins led the W&L defense with nine tackles. Sophomore
defensive back Jake Pelton and sophomore linebacker Doug Fraser
each notched eight tackles.

W&L’S LAST MEETING WITH SEWANEE:(W&L 31, Sewanee 13 • 9/12/09 • Lexington,
Va.)
Washington and Lee scored 31 first-half points to post a 31-13
victory over Sewanee at Wilson Field. W&L running back Brett
Murray returned the opening kickoff 61 yards and running back
Jonathan Clemo gave the Generals a 7-0 lead seven plays later when
he scored on a 2-yard touchdown run just 3:09 into the game. After
a fumble recovery by W&L senior defensive end Matt Cassilly,
Clemo scored his second touchdown with a 20-yard run on the next
play for a 14-0 lead with 1:56 left in the opening quarter. The
Tigers got on the board with a 13-yard scoring strike from
quarterback Patrick Shelton to senior tight end Roscoe Dean with
14:11 left in the second quarter to make the score 14-7 in favor of
W&L. Cassilly gave the Generals a 21-7 lead at the 13:04
mark of the second quarter when he picked off a pass and returned
it 37 yards for a touchdown. Westfal stretched it to a 28-7 lead
when he scored on a 5-yard touchdown run with just 32 seconds left
in the half and W&L made it a 31-7 game at the break following
a 26-yard field goal from placekicker Martin Prichard.
Neither team could find paydirt in the second half until
quarterback Robert Ratliff found wide receiver Chalankis Brown with
a 28-yard touchdown pass to cap the scoring. Westfal led the
W&L offense by rushing 17 times for 69 yards and one touchdown
and completing 8-of-15 passes for 74 yards and one
interception. Clemo rushed 13 times for 52 yards and two
touchdowns and Murray carried five times for 36 yards. He
also totaled 169 return yards for 205 all-purpose yards on the
day. Defensively, Cassilly notched four tackles, one sack,
one fumble recovery and picked off two passes. Ratliff completed
12-of-22 passes for 165 yards and one touchdown with one pick,
while running back Michael Poarch toted the ball 24 times for 62
yards. Brown snared four passes for 62 yards and one
touchdown and linebacker Alfonza Knight led the defense with 11
tackles, one interception and one sack.

SCOUTING SEWANEE:
The Tigers snapped a 17-game losing streak with a 33-14 win at
Earlham College on Saturday afternoon in Richmond, Ind.
Sewanee’s offense rolled up 420 offensive yards and used
24-straight points scored during the second and third quarters to
pull out to their first win since the second week of the 2008
season against Colorado College. The Tigers rushed for 277
yards in the game buoyed by first-year Chad Morehead, who carried
twice for 80 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown run to open the
scoring in the game. Junior running back Zeke Wilson rushed
15 times for 58 yards and two touchdowns, while first-year
quarterback Lee Schurlknight rushed 22 times for 46 yards and
completed 8-of-12 passes for 125 yards and one touchdown. His
favorite target was senior wide receiver Chalankis Brown, who
snared three balls for 72 yards and a 30-yard touchdown
reception. Junior defensive back Alfonza Knight led a defense
that allowed Earlham just 249 yards of total offense by totaling 10
tackles, a sack and a forced fumble. First-year linebacker
Curtis Tucker chipped in seven tackles and a pair of sacks.

SPYING THE QUARTERBACK:
Junior quarterback Charlie Westfal is etching his name in the
W&L record books despite only having played in 20 games to
date. The 2008 ODAC Rookie of the Year, Westfal has rushed
for 1,039 yards and nine touchdowns over his first two seasons and
can become the school’s all-time leading rusher from the
quarterback position with 71 more yards. Former legend Gil
Bocetti currently holds the record with 1,109 yards. Westfal
has also completed just over 50 percent of his passes for 2,466
yards and 19 touchdowns over his first two seasons and change.

BRAINS AND BRAWN:
Senior Greg Kurkis returns for his final season with the
Generals’ offensive line as the team’s most
accomplished player. The quintessential student-athlete,
Kurkis is a team captain and three-year starter, who has maintained
one of the top grade-point averages in his class while majoring in
biochemistry. The 2007 ODAC Rookie of the Year, Kurkis
received the ODAC Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award last
season. He has received Second Team All-ODAC honors all three
seasons to date and he was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine
Second Team Academic All-America squad last fall.

ON THE REBOUND:
Though Saturday’s loss extended W&L’s losing
streak in season-opening round games, the Generals do have a
history of rebounding. Since 2000, W&L is 9-1 in the
second game of the season, outscoring its opposition 235-139 in
those contests. The Generals have won six-straight in the
second game and have allowed an average of just 10.0 points per
contest across those games played against Sewanee, Averett and
Guilford.

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING:
Several Generals recorded firsts during Saturday’s loss at
Franklin & Marshall. On offense, sophomore quarterback
Russell Stewart recorded the first statistics of his career,
rushing six times for 25 yards and completing 3-of-7 passes for 35
yards. First-year quarterback Nick Lombardo also saw his
first action, rushing twice for one yard. Additionally,
first-year tight end Alex Evans recorded his first career catch,
snaring two passes for 24 yards. Defensively, junior
defensive back Jon Kavanagh tallied his first career interception,
while junior defensive lineman William Patton notched the first
sack of his career. Sophomore linebacker Doug Fraser also
recorded the first fumble recovery of his career.

IT’S ALL A NUMBERS GAME:
Since Frank Miriello took over as head coach in 1995, the Generals
are 64-28 (.696) when scoring 20 or more points and 52-8-1 (.861)
when allowing fewer than 20 points. Furthermore, W&L is 28-3
(.903) under Miriello when scoring 30 or more points and 23-1-1
(.940) when allowing fewer than 10 points. The flip side is
that the Generals are just 2-20-1 (.109) when scoring less than 10
points and 3-39 (.071) when allowing 30 or more points. So,
the object is to keep the opponents to less than 10 points or to
score more than 30 points. If either happens, the W&L
should win 92 percent of the time.